Monday, July 8, 2013

I'd be in jail right now for neglect! To tell you guys the truth.....I just haven't been feeling the bloggy love. I think the idea fairy is vacationing elsewhere. I haven't had much to talk about, so I just haven't even bothered posting. If you're still stopping by to check on me, THANKS!

So, summer. Not sure about where you live, but in Arkansas, it has arrived with a VENGEANCE. Sure, the weather teased us last week with a respite from the heat, but to say it's back today in an oppressive way, would be an understatement. Humidity and all.

I hope everyone had a good Independence Day. I did. Watched my daughter march in her last 4th of July parade. She'll be a Senior this year, so there will be a lot of "lasts." And I'm sure I'll be whining about every single one, so be prepared!

So, obviously, I still don't have much to talk about, so I guess I'll just give you a "Happy Monday" and start trying to think of something to say next time!

Monday, March 18, 2013

Ok, that MIGHT be a misnomer (oh, look it up...) on just how happy I am to be up and at work on a Monday, when my CHILD is at home, probably still sleeping. Because. Spring Break, don't-cha-know!

The 6 year old in me wants to stomp my feet and yell "not fair!" in a decidedly whiny voice. But the mom/grownup in me knows that's just silly. Mom's don't get spring break! (Unless they were wise in their career choices and became teachers! Oh wait....I remember, I don't have the patience for that...other people's kids? No thank you!)

So for all you moms out there who had to get up and go to work this morning, while your kids are still snoozing (probably because they stayed up way too late last night. Just because they can...again, NOT FAIR! Ahem. ) ......Happy Monday!!!!

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Oh,
Wait! It's ME that's been missing in action. No excuses. Other than laziness
I guess. There was all the Christmas-ey stuff going on, and birthdays, and blah
blah blah.....I'm lazy.

I guess what I'm saying is that this blog is
new. I know I don't really have a ton of people reading every day. (Actually,
one, I think.) So I don't feel a "push" to post every day. It's kind of a
Catch-22 really. If I don't post, no one will want to read, and if no one is
reading, why post?

I get it. I will "try" to be more faithful
and post more often. I have actually been doing some organizing around my
house. Yet another thing I'm not finished with. (With which I'm not finished?
Grammar...meh!)

I've been spending WAY too much time on
Pinterest (again!) And probably too much time playing Farmville. (There! I said it! I'm
addicted!) But all that stuff is so cool!!! And I want to do it ALL! When I
get rich (Shut up! It's going to happen someday!!) I'm going to hire someone
just to do all that cool stuff FOR me. I might even help! It's just way more
fun to do that kind of thing WITH someone else.

But in the meantime, I'll just keep Pinning
and dreaming. And I know you were right in the middle of pinning something
WONderful, when I so rudely interrupted.....so I'll let you get back to
it!

Monday, December 10, 2012

OMG! Can it really be almost a MONTH since I posted anything here??? I wouldn't believe it, but I see by my "last published" date when I signed in that it has! I bet you people thought I had died! Well, except for my ONE for sure reader who also happens to be my bestie. She knows I'm ok, cause I talk to her EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. She's awesome.

But back to ME! Let's see. Thanksgiving was awesome. Company like crazy and all my food came out wonderful (wonderfully? what's the proper grammar here?). My husband said it was the juiciest, tastiest turkey he's ever eaten. High praise from my marital turkey connoisseur. And my giblet gravy was equally scrumptious, if I do say so myself. So mark one holiday activity as successfully accomplished!

Did I mention that we also have several family members whose birthdays are between the last week in October thru the end of December? Yeah, you'd think that would complicate things wouldn't you? Well you'd be right!!! So, in addition to the "normal family" (is there any such thing?) stuff at Thanksgiving, we also have to have a mini birthday party too. That went pretty well also, except for the smaller children who couldn't understand why they couldn't also open ALL THOSE PRESENTS under the tree! ("But it's got my NAME on it!") Second holiday activity...check!

So, now we're getting down to it. Christmas is practically upon us. Almost done with my shopping, just lacking a few stocking stuffers for my teenager who SWEARS she still believes. (It might have something to do with the fact that.....when she was little she asked me if Santa was real. And of course I said he was real as long as you keep believing in him. The minute you stop, he stops bringing you presents.)

But before all that happy crappy, we still have a High School Band Holiday concert, tomorrow night. Then a week from tomorrow, we're having our annual band fundraiser, Supper with Santa. Much coolness. The Jazz Band plays, we have a silent auction, we serve chili, Santa is there for picture taking. A fun time is had by all, and a very worthy cause gets a much needed boost to its bank account. Oh, and in there somewhere is one or two of those pesky birthdays.

NOW do you know why I've neglect you, my bloggies? I will try (TRY, I said!) to do better in the future....

Happy Monday!

PS.....What's up with this crazy weather? Had to have my A/C on yesterday and the heater today! REALLY?

Thursday, November 15, 2012

The Hubs GOT the job, so we should get his first paycheck right around Thanksgiving.

I found out last week that I have some days left that I need to burn before December starts, so I get ALL of next week off work. WITH PAY! (That music you hear is the Hallelujah Chorus.)

Munchkin has perfect attendance and got "Advanced" on a test they took last year, so she gets the whole week off too.

Now I can concentrate on getting my house ready for all the company we'll be having next week for Turkey Day. Thought I was going to have to have our gathering on Friday, because I need a day to get everything ready. But since I'm off work (did I mention that was with pay??) I can now get everything ready on Wednesday and have our traditional TG!

So do you do the Black Friday Shopping thing? I have a couple of times, but I can't say it's worth all the stress and frustration. One year I went, and was really excited, because I nabbed the last one on the shelf of a Paula Deen cooking set that I really wanted. And the price was really good too. It was a big box, so I had to put in on the under part of my cart. Now, here is just how crazy it was in that store. When I got to the checkout it was GONE. Someone had stolen it right off my cart, and I didn't even notice! That's just a little too much if you ask me. Plus getting up that early? I just don't think I can do it this year. And besides, I haven't seen any sales yet that I just can't live without. I think I'll stick with Cyber Monday and do my shopping online. I think we'll just eat leftovers, and I'll scrapbook all day.

Oh oh, and I forgot! My BFF is coming on Wednesday for a craft day. Yes, I'll be working on getting everything ready for Turkey Day, but I've been doing that for so many years that it's just second nature.

I'm so excited. She's been cutting out vinyl on her new big Silhouette machine, and she's going to show me how. I've got the small Silhouette and a Cricut, (I've even bought the vinyl!) I've just never gotten brave enough to try it.

I'm going to be really busy, but I will try to take some pics and maybe even give you my Father-In-Law's famous giblet gravy recipe....(What? You don't eat giblet gravy with your Turkey? Where are you FROM?)

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Remember I told you the hubs was sick?? YUP. He gave it to me!
So.....I ended up on the couch all day Friday with my snuggly blanket and
tissues.

So it's looking like I'm going to
end up being about a once a week blogger. At least for the rest of this
year.

Because:

·My daughter is beginning
drum lessons at the local (HA...an hour away) college to prep for auditioning
for their band. That's going to be taking up a good portion of our
Saturdays.

·OMG the holidays are
coming up, and I've bought ONE present!!! I told my husband the other day
that I felt a "spree" coming on. Whether it was shopping or
killing was entirely up to him!

·I have a list of
Pinterest ideas a mile long that I'm dying to try.

·Christmas cards

·Have to get the house
cleaned up for all the company coming for Thanksgiving.

·Still haven't taken down
the Halloween decorations. (Note to self: Have Munchkin take down
the Halloween decorations tonight....)

·Have to put the
Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving so it'll look nice for all that company I
mentioned.

·I haven't scrapbooked a
single page in about 6 months, and I'm really having withdrawals. I did
print out a bunch of pics last weekend while Munchkin was at her lesson (hey,
I'm all about killing 2 birds with one stone). But I just can't seem to
find a chunk of time to actually sit down and put a page together. When I
do, I might just post it for you guys to see!

·Did I mention the
holidays are coming up? Oh, and did I mention, I'm pretty broke?
The hubs has been between jobs, but cross your fingers. He had an
interview at a place he used to work, and they sent him for his drug test, so
I'm hoping we hear back soon. (Like, "can you start tomorrow?")

·So since I'm pretty
broke, the fam may be getting more "handmade" than "bought"
presents this year (provided I can find the time, and something cheap/easy to
make!)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

I bet you guys thought I'd abandoned you, huh. Been almost a week since I posted. Sorry about that. Just way too many things going on.

The Hubs has been sick all week, and you know what a pain in the butt men are when they're sick soooo....

I can't use that as an excuse tho. I've really been struggling with what to write about. Lots of ideas, but none that are really forming into a full-on post.

I'm thinking about the hurricane hitting the northeast right now, and what all those poor folks are going to have to face in the next few months. We had flooding here a couple of years ago, to the point where there was only one way to get to my house. But luckily I live on a hill, and we didn't have any damage. Just a little inconvenience for awhile.

So, on the heels of that, I'm thinking of the holidays coming up, and how thankful I am for all that I've been blessed with. I think that might be a post all by itself, but I want to save it for closer to Thanksgiving.

I haven't (yet) done any "how-to" or recipe posts, but I'm thinking I might do some on my holiday meal. I do the big Thanksgiving meal at my house, and I always get compliments on the whole meal. If you're not from the South, you may not eat Giblet Gravy with your Thanksgiving meal....which is a real shame, because OMG! When it's made right, it's to die for. I have to say, tho, that I wouldn't touch the stuff when I was a kid. (Not that I was picky or anything...Ahem....) But after I got married, my Father-In-Law made the BEST gravy ever. And we were lucky in that he taught me how to make it the Thanksgiving before he passed away. He wasn't even sick, but somehow, he knew it was time to pass on the recipe. So......I think it may be time to let others enjoy that recipe.

And I'm also one of those people that are addicted to Pinterest, and I have great and wonderful plans to duplicate all the wonderful crafty things I see on there. (Insert choir music here....) BUT, I'm also one of those people that are what's known as procrastinators. I'd love to decorate my house with all manner of homemade pumpkins etc. But here it is, the day before Halloween, and NADA. If it weren't for my daughter, we probably wouldn't have even decorated with all the cheesy stuff we've had in a box since LAST year.

And every Christmas, I plan to HAND make my Christmas cards. I am really good about SENDING Christmas cards, but MAKING them? Not so much. I usually end up buying the $2 box of 30 cards and mailing those out. And since I haven't yet started making any.....I'm thinking it's not looking so good for this year either. (Sorry, family. Deal with it.)

So......bear with my while I try to get my jumbled thoughts together and come up with some posts that will have some semblance of order to them. (Unlike this one.)

Oh, and in case I don't get back to you tomorrow.....Happy Halloween!!